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Rock & Roots REWIND: Week of May 22nd 2023

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Local Natives (NYE), Phillip Phillips (Dancing With Your Shadow), Eric Clapton (Knocking On Heaven's Door), Danielle Ponder (Roll The Credits), Joe Bonamassa (I Want To Shout About It), The Shindellas (Last Night Was Good For My Soul), & Ghost Of Vroom (Pay The Man)!

Monday evening on Joe's Blues was all about friendship with a show titled Friends Like These. Featuring music from Jimi Hendrix, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Persuasions, The Kinks, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Slim Harpo, Gentle Giant, Fats Domino, & more! The full playlist can be found here.

Saturday night on The Crunkadelic Funk Show was a mixed bag of groove! Featured music from Ruth Copeland, Patti LaBelle, Ann Peebles, The Chambers Brothers, The Ohio Players, The Pointer Sisters, Kool & The Gang, The Four Tops, & more! A full playlist can be found here.

DeBraun Thomas fell in love with radio at a young age but only had interest in working in radio after learning Funk musician Sly Stone got his start in radio. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Thomas moved to Lexington in 2009 to attend the University of Kentucky and pursue a career in radio. Thomas joined WRFL in 2009 and through the UK school of Journalism, Thomas had 2 features air on WUKY. In October of 2012, Thomas began interning at WUKY and produced the Unghosting of Medgar Evers. In August of 2013 Thomas became a staff member at WUKY and since that time, Thomas regularly produces the weekly segment Local Music Mondays which highlights local musicians in Lexington. Thomas hosts the Crunkadelic Funk Show which airs Saturday nights at 9pm and also produced a documentary on the 50th anniversary of the March on Frankfort. In addition to producing and hosting a radio show, Thomas also explores his other passion as a musician in Lexington.
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  • This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Goose (Dripfield), Danielia Cotton (She Too), Gaslight Anthem (Positive Charge), Sofi Tukker (Jacaré), They Might Be Giants (Brontosaurus), & Rufus Wainwright Featuring Andrew Bird & Chris Stills (Harvest)!
  • This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Darlingside (Eliza I See), David Kushner (Daylight), M. Ward (Supernatural Thing), The National Featuring Taylor Swift (The Alcott), Selwyn Birchwood (Florida Man), Cowboy Junkies (Hard To Build Easy To Break), & Thundercat & Tame Impala (No More Lies)!